A quick word on "Overwhelmingly Negative Influences"

[Thumpalumpacus]

No one is suppressing me, of course, and I'm not laying that charge at Staff's feet. I was simply replying to Brewer's "bitchers ought to leave" thing.

And I'll reiterate the point: inviting people to leave if they don't agree with the majority is not really conducive to the free expression of thought. The invitation may not come from the Staff -- and it certainly hasn't in this case -- but it is counter to the aims of the forum as the owner himself has laid out in this very thread.

See, here's the thing Thump - Brewer's got every right to speak his mind about it as well.  Posters here don't need to subscribe to the staff's ideals in the matter either, they're free to speak their mind how they so choose.

Of course. But that doesn't mean they get a free pass on critique, and that's what I gave him: fair, polite, and succinct critique.

Where's the problem here?